Documents: Sex offender made girl remove her clothes to check her for spiders

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Updated: 9:20 PM EDT Oct 10, 2017

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WEBVTT CRUZ IS LIVEFROM THE NEWSROOM.REPORTER: THIS IS 61-YEAR-OLDFRANCISCO SAUCEDO.PROSECUTORS TODAY ARGUED HE ISMUCH TOO DANGEROUS TO LET OUT OFJAIL GIVEN THE NUMEROUS FELONYCRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN HE'SACCUSED OFTHE COURTROOM WENT QUIET AS THEJUDGE CALLED FOR 61-YEAR-OLDFRANCISCO SAUCEDO.HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION,NONCHALANT, DESPITE THE SERIOUSCHARGES AGAINST HIM.ACCORDING TO DOCUMENTS FILED BYTHE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEYGENERAL'S OFFICE THIS MONTH,THE RIO RANCHO GRANDFATHER ISACCUSED OF VIEWING, SHARING, ANDPRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY,PLUS SEXUALLY ABUSING A YOUNGGIRL.INVESTIGATORS RAIDED SAUCEDO'SHOME LAST MONTH AND SEIZEDSEVERAL OF HIS ELECTRONICDEVICES.THEY SAY ON THEM WERE NUMEROUSFILES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.SAUCEDO TOLD INVESTIGATORS HDID NOT WANT THOSE FILES, BUTTHEY KEPT ON POPPING UP AS IFSOMEONE WERE FORCE FEEDING THEMTO HIM.INVESTIGATORS CLAIM THAT'S NOTHOW IT WORKS.>> DO THESE FILES SPONTANEOUSLYAPPEAR ON ONE'S COMPUTER?>> NO.THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TOTAKE PLACE.REPORTER: THEY ALSO SAY THEYFOUND STORIES SAUCEDO APPARENTLYWROTE, DETAILING SEXUALENCOUNTERS WITH KIDS, ANNUDE PICTURES OF A 7-YEAR-OLDGIRL.INVESTIGATORS QUESTIONED THATGIRL, WHO TOLD HER SAUCEDO WOULDMAKE HER REMOVE HER CLOTHES ANDGET INTO BED WITH HIM TO CHECKHER FOR CENTIPEDES.>> HE ALSO CHECKS HER PRIVATESFOR SPIDERS.HE HAS TO USE A LITTLE DOCTORTHING TO GRAB THE SPIDERS.HE NEVER TALKS ABOUT IT.SAID THEY HAVE TO KEEP IT ASECRET.REPORTER: IN THE END, THE JUDGEDECIDED TO DENY SAUCEDO BOND,AND KEEP HIM IN JAIL UNTIL HISTRIAL.THE AG'S OFFICE SAYS SAUCEDO A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER OUT OFVIRGINIA, BUT DID NOT REGISTERHERE WHEN HE MOVED TO RIORANCHO.VIRGINIA CLASSIFIED HIM AS A"SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR." PLEASE CALL THE AG'S OFFICE IFYOU THINK YOUR CHILD MIGHT HAVE

Documents: Sex offender made girl remove her clothes to check her for spiders

The courtroom went quiet as Judge George Eichwald called for 61-year-old Francisco Saucedo. Saucedo appeared nonchalant, despite the serious charges against him.

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According to documents filed by the New Mexico Attorney General's Office, this Rio Rancho grandfather is accused of viewing, sharing and producing child pornography and sexually abusing a young girl.

Last month, investigators raided Saucedo's home and seized several of his electronic devices. They say the devices contained numerous files of child pornography. Saucedo told investigators he did not want those files, but they kept popping up.

Investigators in court Tuesday said that's not how it works.

"Do these files just spontaneously appear on one's computer?" asked an attorney with the attorney general's office.

"No, there's an overt act that has to take place," said one of the case agents.

Investigators say they also found stories Saucedo apparently wrote, detailing sexual encounters with children and nude pictures of a 7-year-old New Mexico girl. Investigators questioned that girl, who said Saucedo would make her remove her clothes and get into bed with him so he could check her for bugs.

"Never talks about it. Says they have to keep it a secret," said one of the investigators, reading from the report of the girl's interview.

In the end, Eichwald decided to deny Saucedo bond and keep him in jail until his trial.

The attorney general's office says Saucedo is a convicted sex offender from Virginia who did not register here when he moved to Rio Rancho. Virginia classified him as a sexually violent predator.

Please call the attorney general's office if you think your child might have been one of Saucedo's victim.